PT-2016-7576 · Nvidia · Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

Oliver Chang · Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2019-03-07 · CVE-2016-8807

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver versions prior to 342.00 for R340 and prior to 375.63 for R375

Description The issue concerns a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x10000e9, where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation as the size input to memcpy(), causing a stack buffer overflow. This can lead to denial of service or potential escalation of privileges.

Recommendations For NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver versions prior to 342.00 for R340, update to version 342.00 or later. For NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver versions prior to 375.63 for R375, update to version 375.63 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8807

Affected Products

Nvidia Windows Gpu Display Driver

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40668 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8807 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8807 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4247 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94002 · Note
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-10822 · Note